Spring 2025 Graduation List
July 15, 2025
South Dakota State University announces spring 2025 graduates
BROOKINGS, S.D. — The following students graduated after the spring 2025 semester at South Dakota State University. The students listed below completed all requirements for a degree and/or certificate program, and those requirements have been verified by the appropriate college.
The names of honor graduates marked with WH designate graduation with honor; WHH, with high honor; WHHH, with highest honor; CL, Cum Laude; MCL, Magna Cum Laude; and SCL, Summa Cum Laude.
Overall, students from 34 states and 28 nations graduated in the spring 2025 semester. Nearly 70 students received two or more degrees or certificates from a college.
**This list is sorted in the following order: State, Hometown and Student Name, but it can be edited as one sees fit for one’s publication.**
Spring 2025
| Name | Honors | Home City | State | Degree, College |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaw Morgan Nelson | MCL | Hartford | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS |
| Peter Jon Nester | SCL | Hartford | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |
| Brooke Macey Opitz | MCL | Hartford | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS |
| Naomi Marie Langdeaux | Hayti | South Dakota | Associate of Arts, SAHSS | |
| Lason Charles Smith | SCL | Hayti | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SNS |
| Jacob William Sprang | Hayti | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Ashtyn Christine Abraham | SCL | Hazel | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS |
| Gabriel Luke Holzwarth | WHHH | Hazel | South Dakota | Associate of Science, SAFES |
| Rachel Marie Blue | Henry | South Dakota | Master of Science, SAFES | |
| Carter Sidney Owen | Henry | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Paige Mickayla Lehrkamp | Hermosa | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Ruth Kelty Wilford | MCL | Hermosa | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |
| Isabelle Kristy Kooker | CL | Herreid | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS |
| Telson K. Cowan | Highmore | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Mark Lawrence Hague | SCL | Highmore | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR |
| Danielle Katlyn Nowell | CL | Hitchcock | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |
| Raymond Paul Moore | Hot Springs | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Blazden L. Mueller | Hot Springs | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Abbigayle Sue Mausbach | Humboldt | South Dakota | Doctor of Pharmacy, SPAHP | |
| Jace William Ullerich | Humboldt | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Seth Michael DeNeui | Hurley | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Cailey Mae Coss | Huron | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS | |
| Jordyn Grace Cutshaw | Huron | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SNS | |
| Regan Lynn Hamilton | CL | Huron | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SPAHP |
| Jamee Linn Kattner | SCL | Huron | South Dakota | Bachelor of Music Education, SAHSS |